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Gail S. Stephenson

 

Director of Legal Writing; &
Assistant Professor of Law
Gstephenson@sulc.edu
(225) 771-4900 ext. 216

Courses taught: legal writing I, legal writing II, law review workshop

Professor Stephenson joined the SULC faculty in March 2004 as the Director of Legal Writing. Before becoming a full-time faculty member, she taught as an adjunct, teaching legal writing lab at SULC for three semesters and appellate advocacy at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center from 1997 through 2002. She was named adviser to the Southern University Law Review in May 2005.

Professor Stephenson received her juris doctorate from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1984, where she was a member of the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif. She was inducted into the Paul M. Hebert Hall of Fame in 1987. She received her B.A. with honors from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1976, where she was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, Purple Jackets, and the Political Science Honor Society. She presently serves on the NSU President’s Council.

After receiving her law degree, Professor Stephenson served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Frank J. Polozola of the United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1984-1986. She worked as a law clerk and research attorney for Judge Melvin Shortess of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal from 1986 to 1988 and 1991 to 2000. She then was promoted to the court’s Administrative General Counsel, where she served until joining SULC. She also practiced corporate and insurance defense and was director of litigation with the firm now known as Henchy, Verbois & Foil from 1988 to 1991.

Professor Stephenson served as editor for the Notary Commission Policies and Procedures Manual for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, published in 2004. She is active with the Baton Rouge Bar Association. She was elected to her second term as a director at large in 2005, and in 2002 she received the President’s Award for her work with the Publications and Holiday Star Committees. She is assistant editor of the BRBA’s monthly magazine, Around the Bar, and authors a regularly featured column, Gail’s Grammar. She has been a member of the editorial board for the Louisiana Bar Journal since 1999.

 

 

 

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